Adobe Updater fails to Open on Mac?

On the Top Grey Menu at the top of my Mac, there is always a notification saying that there is one update for adobe
There is a logo of Adobe with a number 1 next to it
When I click on it, I can choose "Open Updater"
but whenever I click it, the updater logo only BLINKS in the bottom menu and fails to open
I am wondering how can I fix the issue.
Before that, one time I tried to remove flash player in my Mac, maybe I wrongly removed some important files but I don't know
Thanks for helping solve my problem.

If you can not update from Help>Updates, you can either wait to see if the server comes back up (the typical problem), or do the downloads. In general, the updates should be installed in order. If you download from the most recent back, you can check if there are any that can be skipped. You only need to reboot after the last update. Now, That is the process for the PC, but I expect the process is the same for the MAC. The MAC may require the individual reboots, I am not sure. May be better to do all and not be sorry later.

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